Screen LibraryRichard Filipowski : art & design beyond the Bauhaus /
In this, the first monograph of Richard Filipowski, a major figure bridging the Bauhaus and American midcentury modernism finally gets his due. Richard Filipowski (1923-2008) was among the most gifted polymaths in the annals of American modernism. Whether as a painter, sculptor, or designer of furni...
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Monacelli Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
In this, the first monograph of Richard Filipowski, a major figure bridging the Bauhaus and American midcentury modernism finally gets his due. Richard Filipowski (1923-2008) was among the most gifted polymaths in the annals of American modernism. Whether as a painter, sculptor, or designer of furniture and jewelry, Filipowski developed a lush, abstract, and amazingly consistent visual language that marks him among the finest figures of midcentury art and design. With a foreword by László Moholy-Nagy's daughter Hattula, 'Richard Filipowski: Art and Design Beyond the Bauhaus' is the first |
| Carrier Form: | 264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781580935098 1580935095 |
| Index Number: | N6537 |
| CLC: | K837.125.72 |
| Call Number: | K837.125.72/F483R |
| Contents: |
Father and Filip / Discovering Richard Filipowski / Origins: Ostrov to Toronto, by way of terra cotta / Filip, Moholy, and the legacy of the Chicago Bauhaus / The promise of a chess set / Filip at the Harvard Bauhaus / Rediscovering Richard Filipowski's painting and sculpture / MIT, Pietro Belluschi, and Temple B'rith Kodesh / My teacher Filip: an appreciation / |